Large Ginkgo Tree in Yamadera

Ginko Tree

It stands stands a bit aside, so it's easy to miss if you're not specifically looking for it. Be sure to make a brief stop next to this magnificent tree.

Impressive!

The tree is about 1,200 years old, a vendor told me. At the start of the path leading to the large number of temples of Yamadera it seems an appropriate sentinel. I was trying to image how many people...

Start of the hike to Yamadera

It’s next to the entrance to Yamadera up the hill. Good to stop by to admire the ginkgo tree and the temple, and relax a bit under the shade before the hike. The tree was said to be planted over a tho...

Tree height ３０ｍ, a large ginkgo tree over 1100 years old

Original Text

　I headed from Nemoto Nakado, which is also the main hall of Tateishiji Temple, to the mountain gate. There were several temples along the way. One of them, the large ginkgo was on the southeast side of the shrine called Hieda Shrine. According to the explanation board, this tree is the sacred tree of Hieda Shrine, the guardian deity of Tateishiji Temple. It seems that the top of the tree fell due to the storm in 1972, but after that, the tree power recovered as it is now and returned to a magnificent ginkgo.

Master Cixi が Planting trees

Original Text

It is said that the tree height is about 30 meters, the circumference of the main street is about 7 meters, and the tree age is over 1,100 years old, and it is hand-planted by Jikaku Daishi who opened Ritsuishiji Temple. ４ It was mid-Medium, so I felt the vitality of the spring sprouts.